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Vietnam to feel bad economic contagion of coronavirus: ANZ

The new coronavirus is estimated to shave 0.81 percentage points off Vietnam's annual GDP growth.

Vietnam finance ministry takes step to stabilize market sentiment

Vietnam’s stock market over the last few days has gradually recovered and rebounded, said Vice Minister of Finance Vu Thi Mai.

Visitors come from or transit in China’s nCoV-hit areas to be quarantined

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has asked local tourism departments to keep track of visitors who come from or transit through new coronavirus (nCoV)-hit areas of China to quarantine any suspected infection cases.

Vietnam ready to repatriate Vietnamese citizens from China

Vietnamese authorities are stepping up efforts to bring citizens back from China's coronavirus-hit areas as soon as possible, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.

Vietnamese province assists Chinese region in nCoV fight

Vietnam’s northern border province of Lang Son presented 350,000 medical face masks to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China on February 6 to join hands in the fight against the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV).

Coronavirus: Couple live-streams into own wedding amid fears

When the couple went to China before the ceremony, guests were worried about attending.

Large shipment of face masks to China under investigation

Authorities in Hanoi’s Thanh Xuan District have launched a probe into the case of a large shipment of face masks being sent illegally to China for consumption while the coronavirus outbreak rages on.

Dozens of school children suspected of contracting Coronavirus in Dien Bien

At least 34 school children and two teachers at a school in the northern province of Dien Bien have been isolated after being suspected of contracting the Coronavirus from their parents who returned from China for the Tet Holiday.

Vietnam seeks ways to promote exports amidst fear of coronavirus impacts

Vietnam has planned drastic measures to support exports following the suspension of cross-border trade with China due to the novel coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV.

Coronavirus: China wildlife trade ban 'should be permanent'

China should apply a permanent ban on the wildlife trade in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus: Ten passengers on cruise ship test positive for virus

At least 10 people on board a cruise ship docked in the Japanese port of Yokohama have tested positive for coronavirus, health authorities said.

 

Five tonnes of disinfectant provided to aid coronavirus fight

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a decision to supply the Ministry of Health five free tonnes of Chloramine B, a chemical disinfectant that can kill the new coronavirus, called 2019-nCoV, on surfaces.

Farmers face losses from coronavirus border shutdown

Farmers are seeing dropping prices and huge inventories after border trade with China was halted due to the Coronavirus.

Vietnam-China passenger trains suspended as coronavirus spreads

Passenger Train T8701/MR2 from China to Vietnam will be suspended as from 18:05 on February 4 amidst the spread of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV).

Coronavirus: A visual guide to the outbreak

Six maps and graphics explaining how the respiratory virus has spread and how it is being dealt with.

Coronavirus: What it does to the body

Chinese doctors detail the impact the new coronavirus has on patients.

Coronavirus: China shares in biggest fall in four years

The Shanghai index closes nearly 8% lower as investors weigh the impact of the outbreak.

Vietnam repots the 8th case of coronavirus infection

This morning, February 3, the Ministry of Health confirmed that a 29-year-old female patient, a worker returning from Wuhan, China was positive for nCoV, bringing the total number of infection cases in Vietnam to 8.

 

China seeks to import medical face masks from Vietnam

In Vietnam, demand for medical face masks and hand sanitizers has increased sharply on fears of potential outbreak of the new coronavirus (nCoV).

Flights to carry Vietnamese in nCoV-hit China back home

Vietnam Airlines is resuming flights between Vietnam and Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (China) as from February 2 after the civil aviation authority permitted the resumption to repatriate affected passengers amid the novel coronavirus (nCoV) epidemic.